In an online letter, Longmont's head of public safety suggests people make overbroad assumptions about law enforcement based on dramatized information from “media.”
Mike Butler posted his letter to the Longmont Fire, Police and OEM Facebook page on Monday, saying it was prompted by concerns he hears from community members.
In it, he writes these worries are prompted by coverage:
"Because the media chooses to dramatize the human condition, markets fear and fault, and looks for someone or something to assign blame, we may understandably conclude that headlines and reality are synonymous. And because the social networks are unfiltered, what we read can often be head-scratching as well as unnecessarily frightening. Since the search light by the media and social networks shines so brightly on what does not go well, what is good in our community often resides in the shadows.
Next anchor Kyle Clark addressed the letter from Butler in Tuesday's show. Watch his commentary in the video above.
You can find coverage related to the warrantless searches Kyle references here.
